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bullion

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bul·lion  (blyn)
n.
1.
a. Gold or silver considered with respect to quantity rather than value.
b. Gold or silver in the form of bars, ingots, or plates.
2. A heavy lace trimming made of twisted gold or silver threads.

[Middle English, ingot of precious metal, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French billon (from bille, stick; see billon) and from Old French bouillon, bubble on the surface of boiling liquid (from boilir, to boil; see boil1).]

bullion
Noun
gold or silver in the form of bars and ingots [Anglo-French: mint]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bullionbullion - a mass of precious metal            
precious metal - any of the less common and valuable metals often used to make coins or jewelry
2.bullion - gold or silver in bars or ingots
block of metal, ingot, metal bar - metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling
Translations
bullion [ˈbuljən] noro or plata en barras

bullion [ˈbuljən] nor m or argent m en lingots

bullion [ˈbuljən] n gold/silver bullion → Barrengold nt/-silber nt

bullion [ˈbuljən] noro or argento in lingotti

bullion
n bullion [ˈbuliən]
gold or silver in bulk, not made into coins. muntmetaal, ongemunte goud/silwer سَبيكَةٌ ذَهَبِيّ÷ أو فِضِّيَه злато/сребро на пръчки/кюлчета prut zlata/stříbra møntmetal ungemünztes Gold/Silber χρυσός ή ασήμι σε ράβδους oro/plata en barras kullakang, hõbedakang شمش harkko lingot מְטִיל सोना-चांदी zlato ili srebro u polugama rúdarany, -ezüst emas atau perak batangan lingotto 金塊 금은괴 aukso/sidabro luitas zelta/sudraba stienis jongkong ongemunt goud, ongemunt zilver gull-/sølvbarre złoto/srebro w sztabach barras lingou слиток prút zlata / striebra zlato/srebro v palici poluga guld-, silvertacka แท่งเงินหรือทองจำนวนมาก külçe altın/gümüş 銀條,金塊 золото (срібло) в зливках سونے چاندی کا ڈلا nén


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But by far the greater part of the silver consisted of bullion from the mines of South America, which the English buccaneers--who were little better than pirates--had taken from the Spaniards and brought to Massachusetts.
He is all agleam with bullion, a blue-and-gold edition of the Poetry of War.
Until she could find another bank there was nothing to do but sew them up in her clothes, and so Marija went about for a week or more, loaded down with bullion, and afraid to cross the street in front of the house, because Jurgis told her she would sink out of sight in the mud.
 
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